Honey browser extension for discount codes. Ok or stay clear?

JustAnotherSaver · 25 April 2020 at 12:59PM

I've opened a few videos on YouTube and this was in the ads. On the face of it it sounds decent but i'm very wary about these kinds of things installing a ton of extras that will have you wishing you didn't bother.

Any experienced users here tried this out and care to comment on it whether it's positive or negative?

tehone · 25 April 2020 at 3:39PM

I've used this a bit in the past. It seems okay when in use, but to be honest most times it found a discount, I could have just as easily found it myself on one of the many discount voucher web sites. I turned it off for a number of websites that I use regularly, as it was annoying on those sites, and in the end just disabled it totally.

JustAnotherSaver · 25 April 2020 at 4:36PM

tehone said:

I've used this a bit in the past. It seems okay when in use, but to be honest most times it found a discount, I could have just as easily found it myself on one of the many discount voucher web sites. I turned it off for a number of websites that I use regularly, as it was annoying on those sites, and in the end just disabled it totally.

The part of the advert i saw that made me curious about this extension was where they try a ton of failed codes - that's often what happens to me. I find codes that are supposed to work, but don't. Codes where you need to sign up, codes that open a wad of pop ups that bypass my pop up blocker. This was advertised as giving you codes that actually work.